Roadside Geology of Alaska - Second Edition

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Learn about the Geology of Alaska with maps, photos and expert descriptions! This 6"x9" paperback has 317 pages that are packed with detailed information about Alaska Geology. See table of contents at the bottom of this page. Authored by Cathy Connor.

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Roadside Geology of Alaska (second edition) - Table of Contents

Preface

ix

Geologic History of Alaska

1

Understanding the Earth

1

Alaska's Modern Tectonic Environment

4

Terranes of the North country

9

Proterozoic Eon

11

Paleozoic Era

11

Supercontinent Pangea and the Permian Extinction

14

Mesozoic Era

15

Rotation of Arctic Alaska

17

Mesozoic Basins and the Accretion of the Insular Superterrane

18

Cretaceous Inland Sea and Arctic Dinosaurs

19

Cenozoic Era

21

Wandering Resurrection Ridge

21

Dextral Strike-Slip Faults

25

Pleistocene Ice Ages

26

Bering Sea Shelf

31

Holocene and Anthropocene

34

Glacier Movement and Erosion

35

Permafrost and the Warming Climate

40

Natural Resources

46

Alaska's Marine Transportation

48

A Record of Human Culture

50

Southeast Alaska and Coastal British Columbia

51

Terranes of Southeast Alaska

53

Alexander Terrane

54

Taku Terrane

58

Gravina Belt

58

Coast Plutonic Complex and Coast Shear Zone

59

Queen Charlotte - Fairweather Transform Fault

60

Glaciation and Sea Level

61

Guides to Southeast Alaska and Coastal British Columbia

64

North Vancouver Island - Prince Rupert

64

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

67

Ketchikan Area

70

Misty Fjords National Monument

73

Prince of Wales Island

77

Baranof Island, Kruzof Islands and Sitka

80

Wrangell and Petersburg Areas

84

Mt. Edziza Provincial Park

88

Juneau and Haines Areas

96

Haines Highway: Haines - Haines Junction

109

Tatshenshini - Alsek Provincial Park

113

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

116

South-Central Alaska and the Aleutions

123

Yakutat Plate

123

Aleutian Subduction Zone and Its Volcanoes

124

The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964

127

Terranes of South-Central Alaska

131

Wrangellia Terrane

131

Peninsular Terrane

131

Chugach and Prince William Terranes

133

Yakutat Terrane

135

Glacial Lake Ahtna

135

Guides to South-Central Alaska

137

Seward highway: Anchorage - Seward

137

Kenai Fjords National Park

143

Sterling Highway: Tern Lake - Homer

145

Glenn Highway: Anchorage - Glennallen - Tok

150

Richardson Highway: Delta Junction - Valdez

157

Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road (Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve)

170

Parks Highway: Wasilla - Fairbanks

178

Denali National Park and Preserve

193

Kodiak Island

197

Katmai National Park and Preserve

202

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

205

Interior Alaska and Adjacent Parts of the Yukon

210

Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province

213

Terranes in the Interior

215

Cassiar Terrane

215

Yukon-Tanana Terrane

216

Stikine, Quesnel, and Cache Creek Terranes

216

Seventymile (Slide Mountain) Terrane

217

Guides to Interior Alaska and Adjacent Parts of the Yukon

219

Taylor Highway: Tetlin Junction - Eagle

219

Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve

223

Fairbanks Area

225

Klondike Highway: Skagway - Whitehorse - Dawson

230

Alaska Highway: Whitehorse - Delta Junction

244

Klluane National Park

247

Arctic Alaska

256

Formation of the Brooks Range

256

Brooks Rande Glaciations

260

Northern Alaska Coal

260

Oil on the North Slope

262

Avak Crater

264

Guides to Arctic Alaska

265

Dalton Highway: Livengood - Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay)

265

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

272

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

275

Glossary

278

References

286

Index

294

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